Cigar-tip cutter



(No Model.)

W. H. LILLY. 'GIGAR TIP GUTTER.

No. 476,660. Patented June '7, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

WILLIAM H. LILLY, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

ClGAR-TlP CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,660, dated June '7,1892.

Application filed November 14, 1891. Serial No. 411,924. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Il. LILLY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and usefullrnprovement in Cigar-Tip Cutters, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following` specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a cigar-cutter formed of a box or casing havingan oscillating cap thereon and knives within the casing at opposite endsthereof, said cap having openings to receive the tips of cigars andoperating to move the tips against cutting-edges of the knives to severthe same, said knives also serving as restoring-springs for the cap.

Figure l represents a perspective view of a cigar-cutter embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twoiigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a box or casing, from the baseof which rise the knives B.

C designates a cap, which closes the box A and is centrally pivotedthereon in the vertical plane of the secured ends of the knives B,whereby oscillating motions may be imparted to said cap, it beingnoticed that the ends of the box and cap ,are segmental, as at D, sothat as the cap is operated its ends move concentric over the ends ofthe boX, the sides of the cap being also iianged, so as to freelyenvelop the sides of the box, by which provisions the top of the box isfully closed whether the cap is in operation or at rest. ln the upperwall of the cap, at opposite ends thereof, are openings E to receive thetips of cigars, it being noticed that the cutting-edges of the knivesare contiguous to the under side of the upper wall of the cap adjacentto the openings E and face outwardly.

The operation is as follows: The tip of a cigar is placed in the properopening and the end of the cap depressed, whereby the cutting-edge ofthe knife advances and rides along the under side of the upper wall ofthe cap toward the end of the cap,itbeing noticed that the knife issufficiently elastic in its nature to yield to the pressure of the cap.As the tip of the cigar is within the cap in the path of the edge of theadvancing knife it is sheared or cut off and the tip drops into the box.IVhen the cap is let go, the knife acts as a spring and restores saidcap toits normal position. It will also be seen that either end of thecap may be depressed, and as the tipopenings and a knife are provided ateach end of the device a duplex cutter is presented, either end of whichmay render service by properly depressing the same.

In order to secure the knives to the box, the saine are made divergingfrom the base ot' the device, and a screw F is passed through the angleof the knives into the bed G of the base H of the device, the lowerportion of the box being screwed to said base, the latter being alsoprovided with openingsJ for the discharge of the cuttings. The bed G isV- shaped, so as to receive the angle of the knives and adjacent portionof the same, thus iirnnly sustaining the knives.

J designates buders or cushions on the top of the box for preventingnoise when the cap is depressed and strikes said top.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is V A cigar-cutter consisting of a box havingsegmental ends, a base provided with a V- shaped recess, divergingknives secured to said base, and a cap pivotally secured to said box inthe vertical plane of the angle of the knives, having tip-openings andsegmental ends, the cutting-edges of said knives being in contact withsaid cap adjacent to the tipopenings therein and the angle of the knivesbeing seated in the recess in the base and the parts named combinedsubstantially as described.

WILLIAM H. LILLY.

Witnesses:

ALLAN A. HEER, IRA H. HERR.

